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An Albanian Catholic nun based in Calcutta, Mother Teresa's ministrations to the city's destitute, sick, orphaned, and dying earned her much respect as a humanitarian activist, and a beatification from Pope John Paul II following her death in 1997.

Since his first meeting with Mother Teresa in the early 1980s, M.F. Husain has painted several works that feature 'Blessed Teresa of Calcutta' as their protagonist. In a 1994 interview,... An Albanian Catholic nun based in Calcutta, Mother Teresa's ministrations to the city's destitute, sick, orphaned, and dying earned her much respect as a humanitarian activist, and a beatification from Pope John Paul II following her death in 1997.

Since his first meeting with Mother Teresa in the early 1980s, M.F. Husain has painted several works that feature 'Blessed Teresa of Calcutta' as their protagonist. In a 1994 interview, Husain spoke with profound reverence of his initial meeting with Mother Teresa and his ensuing fascination with her figure. He explained, "I have tried to capture in my paintings what her presence meant to the destitute and the dying, the light and hope she brought by mere inquiry, by putting her hand over a child abandoned in the street. I did not cry at this encounter. I returned with so much strength and sadness that it continues to ferment within. That is why I try it again and again, after a gap of time, in a different medium" (as quoted in Ila Pal, Beyond the Canvas: An Unfinished Portrait of M.F. Husain, South Asia Books, New Delhi, 1994).

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